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Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Consider fish, who are apparently sentient yet cognitively extremely primitive in comparison with humans.
- Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests and moral status.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aware
Antonyms: none provided
Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sensate, aware
Antonyms: insensate
Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sapient, intelligent, sentient, self-aware
Antonyms: none provided
Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An intelligent, self-aware being.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness- T.E.Lawrence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: animate
Antonyms: insentient
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
consciously perceiving- W.A.White
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sentient of the intolerable load
- a boy so sentient of his surroundings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَسَّاس
(ḥassās)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Armenian:
զգայուն
(zgayun)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Bulgarian:
усещащ
(useštašt)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Chinese Mandarin:
感受的
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Czech:
vnímající
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Czech:
cítící
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Dutch:
met gevoel
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Finnish:
tunteva
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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French:
sensible
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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French:
doué de sensation
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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German:
fühlend
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Greek:
αισθητηριοσυνειδησιακός
(aisthitiriosyneidisiakós)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Greek:
αισθητηριοσυνειδησιακή
(aisthitiriosyneidisiakí)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Greek:
αισθητηριοσυνειδησιακό
(aisthitiriosyneidisiakó)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Greek:
αισθητήριος
(aisthitírios)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Hungarian:
érzó
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Italian:
senziente
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Japanese:
意識する
(ishiki suru)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Japanese:
感覚力のある
(kankaku-ryoku no aru)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Japanese:
知覚する
(chikaku suru)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Japanese:
敏感な
(binkan na)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Malay:
berperasaan
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Portuguese:
senciente
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Romanian:
conștient
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Russian:
чу́вствующий
(čúvstvujuščij)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Russian:
ощуща́ющий
(oščuščájuščij)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Spanish:
sensible
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Spanish:
con sentidos
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Spanish:
sintiente
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Spanish:
sentiente (DPD, Fundéu)
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Swedish:
kännande
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Tagalog:
lantad
— experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling
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Arabic:
عَاقِل
(ʕāqil)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Armenian:
գիտակից
(gitakicʻ)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Bulgarian:
съзнателен
(sǎznatelen)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Czech:
vnímavý
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Czech:
schopný vnímat
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Dutch:
bewust
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Finnish:
tietoinen
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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French:
conscient
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Greek:
ευαίσθητος
(evaísthitos)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Japanese:
感覚を持つ
(ishiki o motsu)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Japanese:
意識する
(ishiki suru)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Japanese:
敏感な
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sansende
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Polish:
przytomny
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Russian:
разу́мный
(razúmnyj)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Russian:
созна́тельный
(soznátelʹnyj)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Spanish:
consciente
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Spanish:
sentiente (DPD, Fundéu)
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Spanish:
sintiente
— able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties
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Armenian:
բանական
(banakan)
— science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence
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Armenian:
բանականություն ունեցող
(banakanutʻyun unecʻoġ)
— science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence
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Finnish:
älyllinen
— science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence
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French:
sentient
— science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence
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Russian:
разу́мный
(razúmnyj)
— science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence
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Spanish:
sapiente
— science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence